Electricity for lighting and heating purposes will soon replace the rather primitive methods still in vogue in this ancient city. The current will come from the power station erected by the Engineer Rutenberg, under a special British Government concession, the LISAN ARAB, an Arab language ### newspaper says it learns.
Preparations for the erection of a power station similar to the one at Jaffa and the one contemplated for Haifa, are now under way, this paper asserts.
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